Saucepan



H. me. DESMAREST. sAucEPAN. APPLICATION 'FILED MARL, 1919.

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Application led March 5, 1919.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.atented Aue'. 8, 31922.

serial no. 280,84?.

(GRANTED 'UNDER THE PRG'V'ISGNS OF THE ACT 0F MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT.L., 1313.)i

To all whom may concern Be it known that l, HENRI GASTON GnoncnsDnsnranns'r, a citizen of he French Republic, residing in Paris, France,Seine, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Saucepans(for which l have filed an application in F rance, February 27, 1918,Pat. No. 489,064), of which the following is a specication.

The present invention relates to a kitchen utensil, in the form of aboiler or saucepan, having for its object to replace the boxes andsecondary insulating casings or jackets generally known under the nameof Norwegian saucepans.

The saucepan here described, the outer appearance of which does notdiffer from that of ordinary kitchen utensils, makes it possible to cookfood direct on any furnace and then to keep it automatically in a hotenclosure.

This saucepan is constituted by two metal receptacles; an inner oneforming the vessel in which the food cooks, and an outer one forming acasing and separated from the former by a layer of insulating materialwhich is a bad conductor of heat. The inner and outer casings of stampedout metal are arranged in such a manner that no metal contact can existbetween them, this in order to avoid any loss of outer heat byconductivity.

The saucepan is closed by a cover, also constituted by two parts ofstamped out metal, insulated from, and not in contact with, each other.

The accompanying drawing shows the non-conducting saucepan in section:

A. Inner vessel stamped out in one piece, into which is placed the foodto be cooked.

B. An outer vessel forming a casing or jacket, of stamped out metal. Atthe bottom portion, this casing projects inward beyond the bottom of thereceptacle A to the extent of about two centimeters, so as to form anempty space J under the saucepan.

C. Lower and inner part of the cover of stamped out metal.

D. Outer casing of the cover, without contact with the inner part, so asto do away with conductivity.

E. nsulating material, such as asbestos, kieselguhr etc. or any othersubstance sufficiently light and resisting heat; at the points L L L 'Lseparating the inner and outer casings of the saucepan and of the cover,the insulating material must not be in the form of powder, but in theform of boards, cement, plates etc.

F F. Pins connecting the receptacle A to the casing B.

G. A plate of wood or any other material, allowing the bottom of thecover to be screwed to its outer casing by means of the button H.

H. Button or handle of the cover.

Annular space which becomes filled with hot air and forms anon-conducting joint for the cover.

J. Recessed part under the saucepan, with out an insulating material,owing to which the receptacle A can come into direct contact with theflames of the furnace. `When the food is suiciently cooked, the saucepanis withdrawn from the furnace, and owing to the said recess it can beplaced on any desired table without any support, the immovable layer ofhot air enclosed under the saucepan, forming a suficient insulator.

1n the non-conducting saucepan, the whole of the heat of the furnace,absorbed by the apparatus, is utilized; the saucepan, as soon as it iswithdrawn from the fire, remains in an enclosure already heated duringthe original cooking ofthe food.

lVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentiszl. A cooking utensil comprising a vessel adapted to receive the foodto be cooked, and a heat-insulating casing therefor extending below theexposed bottom of said vessel, but forming therewith an air chamberwhich serves to minimize heat radiation from the exposed bottom of saidvessel when resting upon a table or the like.

2. A cooking utensil comprising a metal lic vessel adapted to receivethe food to be cooked, a metal casing surrounding said vessel butleaving the bottom thereof eX- posed, and insulating material spacingthe bottom of said vessel from the casing.

3. ln a construction such as specified in claim 2, a casing extendingbelow the eX- posed bottom of the vessel, but forming with the latter anair chamber which serves to minimize heat radiation from the exposedbottom when the utensil rests upon a table or the like.`

et. A cooking utensil comprising a vessel adapted to receive Jfood to becooked, a metal casing therefor which extends below the exposed bottomof the vessel and serves to form therewith a closed chamber whichminimizes heat radiation 'from the bottom oit the vessel when theutensil isresting upona table or the like, and insulating materialspacing the vessel from the casing at all points to prevent heatconduction between the metal parts ofthe casing and vessel.

A cooking utensil comprisingA an outer metallic casing, an innermetallic vessel adapted to "receive the ioody to be "cooked, said vesselhaving an out-turned flange which overlies the upper `edge of thecasing,

. and upon which said vessel is supported, in combination withinsulating' material 1nterposed between said flange and casing toprevent heat conduction and radiation loss.

6. A cooking utensil having a metallic casing, a metallic cooking vesselseparated from the upper portion oit the casing7 said casing extendingbelow the bottom of the vessel, together with insulation in sheetvWitnesses z Cir-memes DONT? M. DnFnIMoNT.

